Indian Politics

LUCKNOW: A delegation of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and its ally Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) met Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik at the Raj Bhawan on Wednesday and submitted a memorandum against the grounding of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport here.

JAIPUR/LUCKNOW: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra landed in Jaipur on Monday night to accompany her husband Robert Vadra to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office on Tuesday after he was summoned for interrogation in connection with an alleged land scam in the state's Bikaner.

BENGALURU: The BJP's Karnataka unit on Tuesday sought a judicial inquiry into the audio tape in which state Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar's name figured in an alleged conversation between party leader B.S. Yeddyurappa and JD-S legislator Naganagouda Kandakur's son Sharanagouda.

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday hit out at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for preventing him from going to Prayagraj where he was scheduled to attend a students' union event at Allahabad University and slammed him for the "language being used in the assembly and on the streets."

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has termed the Budget speech of the Punjab Governor V.P.Singh Badnore as lackluster and bereft of substance and quizzed the Captain Amarinder Singh Government as to where had the party manifesto that had promised moons for the teeming millions of farmers, daily wage earners, ‘dalits’, the aged and other categories of people in the state before assuming power two years ago had been missing.

LUDHIANA: Youth Akali Dal strongly condemned the gangrape with a 20-year-old girl in Ludhiana and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh over law and order situation in the state. Youth Akali Dal district president Meetpal Singh Dugri said that the gangrape with a 20-year-old girl has exposed the law and order situation in the state but Chief Minister has no concern for the safety and security of people.

NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu began a 12-hour long fast here on Monday, demanding the Centre to accord special category status and fulfil other commitments made in Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.